Extract pages from a PDF into a new document

How it works

1. Upload the PDF. One file. Note the page numbers as your reader shows them: they are counted from 1, and a number the document does not have stops the job rather than being quietly ignored.
2. Write the range. 1 for a single page, 2-5 for a run, 3,7,9 for scattered pages, 4- for page four to the end. A blank box is not accepted here, because extracting everything would only hand your file back to you.
3. Download the extract. One PDF named after the original with -extracted on the end, and a note saying how many of how many pages it took.

What the options do

The form above lists the options this tool is running today, straight from the server. This is what they are for.

Pages to extract

Which pages to take. Commas separate, a dash makes a run, an open end (4-) runs to the last page and an open start (-3) from the first; the words ‘odd’ and ‘even’ work too. Pages always come out in document order, so 5-2 is read as 2-5 and 9,4,5 comes back as 4,5,9 — if you want them in the order you wrote, that is Organize. A page number the document does not have stops the job with a message giving the real range.

What this tool does not do

• It does not remove the pages from the original. Delete pages is the same idea in reverse, with the same range syntax.
• It will not reorder or duplicate. Written 5-2 the range comes back as 2,3,4,5, and a page listed twice is still taken once.
• The extract is a new document, so bookmarks are not carried over and a form’s field definitions are left behind, though the field boxes still show on the page.
• One file at a time. To take the same pages out of twenty files, merge them with a page range set on the merge instead.
• It cannot take part of a page. Crop trims the margins; the editor changes what is on the page.

What happens to your file

The file is uploaded because Extract PDF pages runs on our server rather than in the browser tab. It is kept for at most 2 hours and the result you download for 24 hours, then a scheduled job deletes both — a job has to be able to read the file while it runs, and you have to be able to retry a failed conversion without re-uploading. Neither needs longer.

Nothing about the contents is logged, and no one reads your documents. The retention page lists the same numbers the code enforces, and the privacy policy says who can reach the storage they sit in.

Questions

How do I save just one page of a PDF?

Write that page number on its own — 7 — and run it. You get a one-page PDF named after the original. If you wanted the page as a picture to paste somewhere, PDF to JPG renders it at whatever resolution you choose.

What is the difference between extracting and splitting?

Extracting gives you one new document containing the pages you named. Splitting cuts the whole document into parts and gives you all of them. Want pages 4-9 and nothing else? Extract. Want the document broken into chapters? Split.

Can I extract pages in a different order?

No — this tool keeps document order however the range is written. Organize takes the order you write, so 9,4,5 comes back in that order, and it can drop and duplicate pages in the same pass.

Does the original file change?

No. Nothing is written back to your copy: the upload is deleted on schedule and the extract is a separate download. If you want the document with those pages gone, that is delete pages.

Can I extract from several PDFs at once?

One at a time here. If you need the same pages out of twenty files, merge them and set the page range on the merge — that range applies to every file, which is exactly the case it was built for.